Set in the Haiti of "Papa Doc" Duvalier, tells the story of a sardonic white hotel owner and his encroaching fatalism as he watches Haiti sink into barbarism. Complications include a friendship with a rebel leader, politically "charged" hotel guests, an affair with the wife of a European ambassador, and the manipulations of a conniving British arms dealer.

Starring:

Alec Guinness, Cicely Tyson, Dennis Alaba Peters, Douta Seck, Elizabeth Taylor, Georg Stanford Brown, Gloria Foster, James Earl Jones, Lillian Gish, Paul Ford, Peter Ustinov, Raymond St Jacques, Richard Burton, Robin Langford, Roscoe Lee Browne, Zakes Mokae

Genre:

Drama